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Comments on "The Federal Judiciary, Aping the German Judges, Allows the Government to Force you to Die When you are Sick

By Lawrence R. Velvel

From: alan thompson
Date: Wed 8/15/2007 5:34 AM
Subject: Your latest blog (Judiciary,etc.) excellent

Hi Dean Velvel-

Your latest blog was excellent. The subject you chose was important, and the way you laid the case out as an example of how courts promulgate unreasonable decisions said a lot about how to interpret similar decisions. This is exactly the kind of writing I was hoping to receive from you when I was complaining about your use of verse, and I think it's really valuable. Best, Alan Thompson

From: charlie
Date: Tue 8/14/2007 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: The Federal Judiciary, Aping the German Judges, Allows
the Government to Force you to Die When you are Sick

Dean Velvel,
Sir, you have done us a great service with this commentary.
Indeed, the government want,no demands, the right(?) to tell us when or even how to die now. If you do not "volunteer" to serve the military machine in the imperial wars, they tell you to fight or die. If you choose not to serve that machine, they tell you when and how to die from the lack of medical options. Either way, unless as you mentioned you are a major contributor, they tell you when and how to die.
Welcome to the "new" Amerika.
I had a high school teacher way back in the early 60's who said that the US and the USSR were at opposite ends of the spectrum. He said they were moving toward the other and would someday pass each other on the way to the other end of that spectrum. Reality of today tells me he was right on target.
Thank you for your commentary. Thank you also for your valuable time reading this reply.

charlie ehlen

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